Women pilots in flying suits.
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During World War I, with vast numbers of men either enlisting or conscripted to fight in the various forces, women stepped up to take their place as workers. As well as traditionally female occupations at the time, such as nurses or teachers, many women undertook conventionally male roles in transport, for example, fire fighting, hauling coal and piloting.
However heavy and arduous the work, women proved capable of it.
A woman delivers coal in France.
Image: National Library of France via Europeana
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